[1166] Evaṃ sante bho ānanda santakaṃ hoti no asantakaṃ chandeneva chandaṃ pajahissatīti netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjatīti . Tenahi brāhmaṇa taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi yathā te khameyya tathā taṃ byākareyyāsi.

[1167] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi brāhmaṇa ahosi te pubbe chando ārāmaṃ gamissāmīti . tassa te ārāmaṃ gatassa yo tajjo chando so paṭippassaddhoti . evaṃ bho . ahosi te pubbe viriyaṃ ārāmaṃ gamissāmīti . tassa te ārāmaṃ gatassa yaṃ tajjaṃ viriyaṃ taṃ paṭippassaddhanti . evaṃ bho . ahosi te pubbe cittaṃ ārāmaṃ gamissāmīti . tassa te ārāmaṃ gatassa yaṃ tajjaṃ cittaṃ taṃ paṭippassaddhanti . evaṃ bho . ahosi te pubbe vīmaṃsā ārāmaṃ gamissāmīti . tassa te ārāmaṃ gatassa yā tajjā vīmaṃsā sā paṭippassaddhāti. Evaṃ bho.

[1168] Evameva kho brāhmaṇa yo so bhikkhu arahaṃ khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇa- bhavasaññojano sammadaññāvimutto tassa yo pubbe chando ahosi arahattappattiyā arahatte patte yo tajjo chando so paṭippassaddho yaṃ pubbe viriyaṃ ahosi arahattappattiyā arahatte patte yaṃ tajjaṃ viriyaṃ taṃ paṭippassaddhaṃ yaṃ pubbe cittaṃ ahosi arahattappattiyā arahatte patte yaṃ tajjaṃ cittaṃ taṃ paṭippassaddhaṃ yā pubbe vīmaṃsā ahosi arahattappattiyā arahatte patte yā tajjā vīmaṃsā sā paṭippassaddhā.

[1169] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi brāhmaṇa iti evaṃ sante santakaṃ vā hoti no asantakaṃ vāti . addhā bho ānanda evaṃ sante santakaṃ Hoti no asantakaṃ abhikkantaṃ bho ānanda abhikkantaṃ bho ānanda seyyathāpi bho ānanda nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā telappajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantīti . evameva tayā bho ānanda anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito . esāhaṃ bho ānanda taṃ bhavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ ānando dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgatanti.